ARA Buenos Aires |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ARA Buenos Aires |
| Namesake: | Buenos Aires |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow |
| Launched: | 21 September 1937 |
| Completed: | 4 April 1938 |
| Struck: | 1971 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Buenos Aires-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,375 t (1,353 long tons) standard 2,042 t (2,010 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 98.45 m (323 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 10.38 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, three boilers,34,000 hp (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 130 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns (4×1) • 8 × 0.5 inch machine guns • 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×4) |
ARA Buenos Aires was the lead ship of her class of destroyer built for the Argentine Navy. The ship's design was based on the British Royal Navy's G class. Buenos Aires was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched on 21 September 1937. After completion on 4 April 1938, she was turned over to the Argentine Navy, and remained in service until she was stricken in 1971.
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